BC Business Releases Inaugural 30 Under 30 List
BC Business, a British Columbia-based business magazine and online news site, has released its inaugural list of its 30 Under…
Technology
MaRS Market Insights report highlights the Canadian startups changing the wearable healthcare space
The room was overflowing at MaRS Discovery District this week for the third monthly Wearable Wednesday meetup, where startups…
New Do416 Site Partners with Six Toronto Music Blogs to Be The Go-To Site for Event Info
Given the vibrant indie music scene in Toronto (and to a lesser extent Montreal and Vancouver), I think that there’s…
Bitcoin Evangelist Anthony Di Iorio on The Future of “This Amazing Technology”
Anyone who’s been following Canadian media attention on Bitcoin lately may have heard the name Anthony Di Iorio, whether…
Former NHLer Invests $250K In Vancouver Startup to Bring Tutoring to the Digital Age
Vancouver-based startup HelpHub Services Inc. has raised a $250,000 funding round today from Sora Capital Corp. Sora’s…
VeloCity Graduate PiinPoint Is Latest Y Combinator Startup
PiinPoint, a location analytics startup that previously won $25,000 at the VeloCity Fund Finals, has become the latest company to…
Why Every Canadian EdTech Startup Needs a Teacher
At SXSWedu, my colleague at MaRS, Joseph Wilson and I ran our first-ever “Innovation Bootcamp for Educators.” Ably joined…
Andrew Reid’s Vision Critical: Not Your Dad’s Idea of Market Research
Andrew Reid is self-admittedly the bad kid who did everything wrong. His mom saw him on the path to jail. She didn’t see…
London Calling: Canadian Wearables Represent at UK’s Largest Wearable Tech Show
The Wearable Tech Show wrapped up it’s two day run in the UK this week. The largest of its kind, the show was jam packed…
One Entrepreneur’s Reflection on the Kitchener-Waterloo Startup Community
Over the past couple of months I’ve been talking to startups in the Kitchener/Waterloo ecosystem. These conversations…
Startup Community — A Film about startups in the Kitchener/Waterloo area — premiering on April 14th
Startup Community, the film by Taylor Jackson about the startups in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, found immediate success when…
Why Toronto’s New Stock Exchange Should Focus on Nanotech
A monopoly’s favourite casualty – innovation – has thus far not been spared in the case of Canada’s stock markets. But…
“It’s Ok to be Pro-Privacy Without Being a Crook, Pervert, or Terrorist”: Tim Bray at Vancouver Talk
OpenMedia.ca recently invited a group of people from Vancouver’s technology, philanthropy, and social enterprise community…
Fed’s $20 million Business Innovation Access Program Officially Unveiled
The government of Canada’s $20 million Business Innovation Access Program (BIAP) officially launched yesterday after Minister…
Toronto-Waterloo Corridor to Get More GO Trains By 2016
Everyday there’s a bus bringing Google employees from Toronto, where they live, to work in Waterloo. And you can bet…